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Hub Dialogues: Michael Byers and Aaron Boley on who owns outer space and Ignacio Cofone on the privacy fallacy

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with 2023 Donner Book Prize nominees international lawyer Michael Byers and astrophysicist Aaron Boley, about their book, Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, and Ignacio Cofone, Research Chair in A.I. Law & Data Governance at McGill University, about his book, The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy.


As part of a paid partnership, this month The Hub will feature excerpts from this year’s five shortlisted books for the Donner Prize, awarded to the best public policy book in Canada. Our podcast Hub Dialogues will also feature interviews with the authors. The winning title will be awarded $60,000 by The Donner Canadian Foundation on May 8th.


The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.


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